Stereotype threat and inflexible perseverance in problem solving

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Managing to clear the air: Stereotype threat, women, and leadership (2016, background): “Stereotype-based concerns have also been shown to make women less fluent and use more tentative language (McGlone & Pfeister, 2015) and to alter their decision making (Carr & Steele, 2009; 2010).”
Is Stereotype Threat a Useful Construct for Organizational Psychology Research and Practice? (2014, background): “In another study, undergraduate women who experienced acute stereotype threat showed an increase in inflexible perseverance—they were more likely to use strategies that were previously successful but were no longer efficient or correct (Carr & Steele, 2009).”
Measurement Matters: Assessing Personal Qualities Other Than Cognitive Ability for Educational Purposes (2015, background): “Research finds that individuals have a harder time regulating themselves when they are under stereotype threat, but they show greater self-control when they do not feel under threat (Carr & Steele, 2009; Inzlicht & Kang, 2010; Inzlicht, McKay, & Aronson, 2006).”
My Fair Physicist? Feminine Math and Science Role Models Demotivate Young Girls (2012, background): “This result echoes stereotype threat’s ability to make people prefer the safe and known over the risky and unknown, whether by inducing prevention focus (Seibt & Forster, 2004) or inhibiting new problem-solving strategies (Carr & Steele, 2009).”